For the second time in two weeks, PETRONAS Yamaha Sepang Racing Team faced mixed track conditions at Spielberg with sun, rain and hail all featuring. Valentino Rossi and Cal Crutchlow ended the opening day of the AustrianGP 14th and 20th respectively. Crutchlow continued to build on his experience aboard the PETRONAS Yamaha SRT machine throughout FP1. Setting a fastest lap of 1min 25.295secs, the Brit ended the session 20th. Cal opted to wait for a short while before heading out on track on FP2, but started to improve his lap times as the track started to dry. As with all riders, Crutchlow was unable to improve upon his FP1 time and ended the opening day of AustrianGP action 20th.
#35 Cal Crutchlow – P20 – 1.25,295
Last week we had an issue with rear grip in the race and we think we might have found the reason why, but it became our main focus today. It’s good that we understand it a bit more and it means we can continue our programme now, to hopefully find more speed in both wet and dry conditions. I feel confident that I can though. Obviously going from testing where you have all day to two 45-minute sessions is difficult, especially with this afternoon being wet. I’m looking forward to the rest of the weekend and let’s see what we can achieve.
Results FP1
| Pos | Rider | Team | Fastest lap |
| 1 | Johann ZARCO | Pramac Racing | 1’22.827 |
| 2 | Joan MIR | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’23.625 |
| 3 | Alex RINS | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’23.730 |
| 4 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | 1’23.790 |
| 5 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’23.841 |
| 6 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 1’23.865 |
| 7 | Alex MARQUEZ | LCR Honda CASTROL | 1’23.881 |
| 8 | Francesco BAGNAIA | Ducati Lenovo Team | 1’23.903 |
| 9 | Marc MARQUEZ | Repsol Honda Team | 1’23.967 |
| 10 | Jorge MARTIN | Pramac Racing | 1’24.044 |
| 11 | Pol ESPARGARO | Repsol Honda Team | 1’24.097 |
| 12 | Enea BASTIANINI | Avintia Esponsorama | 1’24.237 |
| 13 | Luca MARINI | SKY VR46 Avintia | 1’24.330 |
| 14 | Valentino ROSSI | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 1’24.335 |
| 15 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’24.347 |
| 16 | Brad BINDER | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’24.492 |
| 17 | Jack MILLER | Ducati Lenovo Team | 1’24.528 |
| 18 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing | 1’24.755 |
| 19 | Iker LECUONA | Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing | 1’24.792 |
| 20 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 1’25.295 |
Source: motogp.com, sepangracingteam.com